“COP29 offered a critical opportunity for the global community to renew their commitment to our common home, to honour past promises and take meaningful action to reduce carbon emissions and avert the climate crisis. Regrettably, the climate finance deal has fallen short of what is urgently needed”. With these words, Bishop John Arnold, Lead Bishop for the Environment of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, voiced his disappointment at the results of the twenty-ninth UN Climate Conference that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to Bishop Arnold, “those who are least responsible for climate change will continue to bear the brunt of its devastation. The leaders of developing nations have already condemned the COP29 climate deal as a ‘travesty of justice’, pointing out that wealthier nations have failed to respond to ‘the cry of the earth and cry of the poor.’”. Bishops Arnold’s release ends with a look ahead. “Our hope moving forward is that the global community, including the UK, will come together to build stronger accountability, foster greater cooperation, and accelerate the phasing out of fossil fuels, whilst implementing those promises already made”, the Bishop writes.